First Alert Forecast: toasty start to first work week of fall

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Great to see you late on this Monday! Your First Alert Forecast carries some modest rain chances in the week ahead but, for the rest of this first day of the week, odds for showers are indeed about zero. Expect partly cloudy skies across the Cape Fear Region overnight with lows in the 60s and highs temperatures in the 80s for Tuesday. Average highs for Wilmington for late September are in the lower 80s.

In the surf, the rip current risk will settle back to its usual low to moderate baseline here in the early goings of this week. Ophelia and its rough waves are gone and, deep in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Philippe churns in a nonthreatening way for the Carolinas. Hurricane Season officially runs to November 30 and wect.com/hurricane is always open for you.

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